My provider (and previous providers) have said there is no predictive value in the cervical checks in terms of when labor will start. You could be a 2 and then go into labor 30 min later. You could walk around at 6 for a month. So I've never had one and this is #4

With my first girl, i got checked (4cm) I bled all night long into the next day. I started Having contractions went to hospital got checked was still at 4. Walked for 45 minutes and went from a 4 to an 8 in that time. I'm not saying it was from the check as my body could've just been ready but it sure did seem that way. I gave birth the day I turned 37 weeks. With baby girl 2 I am sitting at 39.4 weeks ive had my membranes scrapped, been checked more than three times, and even tried castor oil. Nothing has happend so far.

My provider (and previous providers) have said there is no predictive value i...

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11/02/2018

My provider (and previous providers) have said there is no predictive value in the cervical checks in terms of when labor will start. You could be a 2 and then go into labor 30 min later. You could walk around at 6 for a month. So I've never had one and this is #4

No, but with this baby I think getting checked helped me dilate a bit because at 3:30 pm when I had my 38 week checkup I was at 1.5 cm. By 8:45 pm when the on-call OB broke my water to start the induction (my blood pressure had spiked) I was at 3 cm.

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